diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/storage/DiskStore.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/storage/DiskStore.scala
index c6656341fcd1..95d70479ef01 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/storage/DiskStore.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/storage/DiskStore.scala
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap
 import scala.collection.mutable.ListBuffer
 
 import com.google.common.io.{ByteStreams, Closeables, Files}
-import io.netty.channel.FileRegion
+import io.netty.channel.{DefaultFileRegion, FileRegion}
 import io.netty.util.AbstractReferenceCounted
 
 import org.apache.spark.{SecurityManager, SparkConf}
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ private[spark] class DiskStore(
     securityManager: SecurityManager) extends Logging {
 
   private val minMemoryMapBytes = conf.getSizeAsBytes("spark.storage.memoryMapThreshold", "2m")
+  private val maxMemoryMapBytes = conf.getSizeAsBytes("spark.storage.memoryMapLimitForTests",
+    Int.MaxValue.toString)
   private val blockSizes = new ConcurrentHashMap[String, Long]()
 
   def getSize(blockId: BlockId): Long = blockSizes.get(blockId.name)
@@ -108,25 +110,7 @@ private[spark] class DiskStore(
         new EncryptedBlockData(file, blockSize, conf, key)
 
       case _ =>
-        val channel = new FileInputStream(file).getChannel()
-        if (blockSize < minMemoryMapBytes) {
-          // For small files, directly read rather than memory map.
-          Utils.tryWithSafeFinally {
-            val buf = ByteBuffer.allocate(blockSize.toInt)
-            JavaUtils.readFully(channel, buf)
-            buf.flip()
-            new ByteBufferBlockData(new ChunkedByteBuffer(buf), true)
-          } {
-            channel.close()
-          }
-        } else {
-          Utils.tryWithSafeFinally {
-            new ByteBufferBlockData(
-              new ChunkedByteBuffer(channel.map(MapMode.READ_ONLY, 0, file.length)), true)
-          } {
-            channel.close()
-          }
-        }
+        new DiskBlockData(minMemoryMapBytes, maxMemoryMapBytes, file, blockSize)
     }
   }
 
@@ -165,6 +149,61 @@ private[spark] class DiskStore(
 
 }
 
+private class DiskBlockData(
+    minMemoryMapBytes: Long,
+    maxMemoryMapBytes: Long,
+    file: File,
+    blockSize: Long) extends BlockData {
+
+  override def toInputStream(): InputStream = new FileInputStream(file)
+
+  /**
+  * Returns a Netty-friendly wrapper for the block's data.
+  *
+  * Please see `ManagedBuffer.convertToNetty()` for more details.
+  */
+  override def toNetty(): AnyRef = new DefaultFileRegion(file, 0, size)
+
+  override def toChunkedByteBuffer(allocator: (Int) => ByteBuffer): ChunkedByteBuffer = {
+    Utils.tryWithResource(open()) { channel =>
+      var remaining = blockSize
+      val chunks = new ListBuffer[ByteBuffer]()
+      while (remaining > 0) {
+        val chunkSize = math.min(remaining, maxMemoryMapBytes)
+        val chunk = allocator(chunkSize.toInt)
+        remaining -= chunkSize
+        JavaUtils.readFully(channel, chunk)
+        chunk.flip()
+        chunks += chunk
+      }
+      new ChunkedByteBuffer(chunks.toArray)
+    }
+  }
+
+  override def toByteBuffer(): ByteBuffer = {
+    require(blockSize < maxMemoryMapBytes,
+      s"can't create a byte buffer of size $blockSize" +
+      s" since it exceeds ${Utils.bytesToString(maxMemoryMapBytes)}.")
+    Utils.tryWithResource(open()) { channel =>
+      if (blockSize < minMemoryMapBytes) {
+        // For small files, directly read rather than memory map.
+        val buf = ByteBuffer.allocate(blockSize.toInt)
+        JavaUtils.readFully(channel, buf)
+        buf.flip()
+        buf
+      } else {
+        channel.map(MapMode.READ_ONLY, 0, file.length)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  override def size: Long = blockSize
+
+  override def dispose(): Unit = {}
+
+  private def open() = new FileInputStream(file).getChannel
+}
+
 private class EncryptedBlockData(
     file: File,
     blockSize: Long,
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/storage/DiskStoreSuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/storage/DiskStoreSuite.scala
index 67fc084e8a13..36977d8c554a 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/storage/DiskStoreSuite.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/storage/DiskStoreSuite.scala
@@ -50,18 +50,18 @@ class DiskStoreSuite extends SparkFunSuite {
     val diskStoreMapped = new DiskStore(conf.clone().set(confKey, "0"), diskBlockManager,
       securityManager)
     diskStoreMapped.putBytes(blockId, byteBuffer)
-    val mapped = diskStoreMapped.getBytes(blockId).asInstanceOf[ByteBufferBlockData].buffer
+    val mapped = diskStoreMapped.getBytes(blockId).toByteBuffer()
     assert(diskStoreMapped.remove(blockId))
 
     val diskStoreNotMapped = new DiskStore(conf.clone().set(confKey, "1m"), diskBlockManager,
       securityManager)
     diskStoreNotMapped.putBytes(blockId, byteBuffer)
-    val notMapped = diskStoreNotMapped.getBytes(blockId).asInstanceOf[ByteBufferBlockData].buffer
+    val notMapped = diskStoreNotMapped.getBytes(blockId).toByteBuffer()
 
     // Not possible to do isInstanceOf due to visibility of HeapByteBuffer
-    assert(notMapped.getChunks().forall(_.getClass.getName.endsWith("HeapByteBuffer")),
+    assert(notMapped.getClass.getName.endsWith("HeapByteBuffer"),
       "Expected HeapByteBuffer for un-mapped read")
-    assert(mapped.getChunks().forall(_.isInstanceOf[MappedByteBuffer]),
+    assert(mapped.isInstanceOf[MappedByteBuffer],
       "Expected MappedByteBuffer for mapped read")
 
     def arrayFromByteBuffer(in: ByteBuffer): Array[Byte] = {
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ class DiskStoreSuite extends SparkFunSuite {
       array
     }
 
-    assert(Arrays.equals(mapped.toArray, bytes))
-    assert(Arrays.equals(notMapped.toArray, bytes))
+    assert(Arrays.equals(new ChunkedByteBuffer(mapped).toArray, bytes))
+    assert(Arrays.equals(new ChunkedByteBuffer(notMapped).toArray, bytes))
   }
 
   test("block size tracking") {
@@ -92,6 +92,44 @@ class DiskStoreSuite extends SparkFunSuite {
     assert(diskStore.getSize(blockId) === 0L)
   }
 
+  test("blocks larger than 2gb") {
+    val conf = new SparkConf()
+      .set("spark.storage.memoryMapLimitForTests", "10k" )
+    val diskBlockManager = new DiskBlockManager(conf, deleteFilesOnStop = true)
+    val diskStore = new DiskStore(conf, diskBlockManager, new SecurityManager(conf))
+
+    val blockId = BlockId("rdd_1_2")
+    diskStore.put(blockId) { chan =>
+      val arr = new Array[Byte](1024)
+      for {
+        _ <- 0 until 20
+      } {
+        val buf = ByteBuffer.wrap(arr)
+        while (buf.hasRemaining()) {
+          chan.write(buf)
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    val blockData = diskStore.getBytes(blockId)
+    assert(blockData.size == 20 * 1024)
+
+    val chunkedByteBuffer = blockData.toChunkedByteBuffer(ByteBuffer.allocate)
+    val chunks = chunkedByteBuffer.chunks
+    assert(chunks.size === 2)
+    for (chunk <- chunks) {
+      assert(chunk.limit === 10 * 1024)
+    }
+
+    val e = intercept[IllegalArgumentException]{
+      blockData.toByteBuffer()
+    }
+
+    assert(e.getMessage ===
+      s"requirement failed: can't create a byte buffer of size ${blockData.size}" +
+      " since it exceeds 10.0 KB.")
+  }
+
   test("block data encryption") {
     val testDir = Utils.createTempDir()
     val testData = new Array[Byte](128 * 1024)